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February 27 , 2019 1891 days 908 0
  • Madras High Court ruled that MPs as well as MLAs are liable to refund salaries and other emoluments, along with penalty, if a court of law declares their election to be illegal.
    • This null and void verdict is applicable either before or after the completion of their tenure.
  • TN state government has extended the tenure of the Justice A. Arumugasamy Commission for another four months.
    • On September 25, 2017, the state government had appointed this one-man commission to probe the circumstances leading to the death of former CM J. Jayalalithaa.
  • TN state government has announced that New frozen semen station with high pedigree country and cross bred bull will be established in the Integrated livestock park, Salem at the cost of Rs 100 crore.
  • The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out air strikes at the biggest training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror group in Balakot of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, eliminating over 300 terrorists and their trainers. For this, Miraj 2000 class aircrafts were used.
  • RBI is working on a set of rules that would link salaries of banks CEOs to parameters like balance sheet size of a bank, loan delinquency, profits and governance record.
  • Union Cabinet gave its nod to issue the Triple Talaq ordinance, Third Time in less than one year on February 19.
    • It makes the practice of instant triple talaq by Muslim men a penal offence.
  • Government of Maharashtra celebrates 19th February as a Maharaja Shivaji day to commemorating Shivaji's birthday (Shivaji Jayanti).
  • Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan has been appointed as an ambassador of Swasth Immunised India campaign.
    • The Swasth Immunised India campaign has been launched by Serum Institute of India (SII) and Network 18.
  • Ministry of Home Affairs directed to Assam Rifles to shift their battalion headquarters from capital city of Mizoram, Aizawl to Zokhawsang area by May 31.
    • Presently, the Assam Rifles’ headquarters is located in Treasury and Zodin square in Aizawl city.
  • India’s Tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran achieved his career-best ATP ranking, rising to 94th in the latest list.

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